Defendants from San Fernando Valley and Orange County accused of billing taxpayers $7 million in

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Defendants from San Fernando Valley and Orange County accused of billing taxpayers $7 million in bogus Medi-Cal claims


Prosecutors have accused four people from the San Fernando Valley and a doctor from Seal Beach who worked at a clinic in Los Angeles of creating fake medical records and running a $7 million scheme to defraud Medi-Cal.

Hilda Haroutunian, 60, of Sun Valley, owned and operated Los Angeles Community Clinic, 1830 W Olympic Blvd. She has been indicted along with four other people who worked at the business.

Haroutunian and Dr. Keyvan Amirikhorheh, 59, of Seal Beach; Lorraine Watson, 56, of Valley Village; Noem Sarkisyan, 63, of North Hollywood, as well as Edmond Sarkisyan, 40 of North Hollywood, face allegations of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Prosecutors accused them of creating fake patient names, charts and prescriptions. They then allegedly billed Medi-Cal’s Family Planning Access Care and Treatment (PACT) program for office visits that never happened and services for patients who did not exists, officials said in the indictment.

Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2019/09/19/defendants-from-san-fernando-valley-and-orange-county-accused-of-billing-taxpayers-7-million-in-bogus-medi-cal-claims/